Diary Entry
Guidelines for diary writing
A good diary has no fixed format or style of writing. However , a good diary entry does contain the following features:
- A good diary writing contains the place , the date , the day and even the time of writing.
- A diary doesn’t need any formal heading. However ,if you want , you can give a suitable heading.
- the style and tone is generally informal and personal. However, it depends on the subject. Sometimes the tone can be philosophical and reflective too. You can freely express your viewpoint and feeling
- As the diary is writer’s personal documents, the diary entry doesn’t need any signature. It is totally optional.
- You can evolve your own suitable style depending on the topic of your writing.
1. You paid a visit to an ‘old home’ with other N.S.S volunteers. Using the hints given below together with your own ideas , make a diary entry of what you saw and experienced there.
Ans: Bhiwadi
10th March 20XX
Monday, 4:00 pm.
Dear diary,
With the disintegration of the joint family system, the old people find themselves deserted and alone. It is unfortunate that in the evening of their lives, they are not looked after by their children. The concept of ‘old home’ is for such old people. I made it a point to visit the ‘old home’ at Bhiwadi. The homes is situated at a peaceful place. The building is simple but spacious and clean. It seems to be an ideal place for the senior citizens.
A doctor visits the home daily to check up the senior citizen. There is a permanent nurse employed to look after and give them medicine on time. The home has a good library and several means of recreation all the inmates showered their parental love by insisting on having lunch with us. What a satisfying and rewarding visit it was to meet our grand pass and grannies!
Sonu
2. You are Anita / Anil of city public school, Deogarh. Last night you had a really horrible dream. Taking help from the input given below, make a diary entry on ‘A horrible dream that I had last night’
Ans: Deogarh
10th December 20XX
Tuesday, 8:00 pm.
Dear Diary.
People say life itself is a dream – a “maya.” And people also say that sometimes dreams do come true. God forbid it. I shudder to think what happens if the dream that I had last night comes true. It was really a bad dream. I was appearing in the board – examination. It was the first day of the examination. I had the question paper in my hand. But I was highly worried, confused and irritated. It was rather a difficult paper. My memory simply failed. The right answer would not come to my mind. When I left the examination hall, I was really dejected and disillusioned. The same thing was repeated in other papers too. Then I dreamed that the results were out. My name was not there in the list of successful candidates. I cried and tears came into my eyes. It looked as if my academic career was over. Certainly, all my dreams and hopes ended in smoke. I dreamed that my classmate, teachers and neighbors were trying to console me. O God, what a humiliating and embarrassing situation! When my mother woke me up in the morning , I realized that it was just a bad dream. Life was as sweet and exciting now as it was before going to bed last night.
Practice questions:
1.Indian summer are really unbearable. One day the maximum temperature shot up to 47C. it was most miserable day of the year for you. Record the experience in your diary.
2. You went to see the most fascinating historical building in Delhi, the Qutub Minar complex with your friends. Record your experience in a diary.